X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:10:42 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.172] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTP id 2958750 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:23:43 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.200.172; envelope-from=vonjet@gmail.com Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 23so1784591wfg.25 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:23:03 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=gJB7Pvg1czYtuQVzp37z4/TK5g8ir5Q1OeYqby8Qv7bC23grfN//CF5expJurcA+6z KvY+sbe4iTDO4B+0XUcxK4ePg1UoBaaS+UwbSCllSYWVV258bi7aFoXppeaeqLpP7chi ttL0wfu+t65LAJhloPYWYi2zBaXUASCJdpNgg= Received: by 10.142.201.3 with SMTP id y3mr1029042wff.120.1212945783358; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:23:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.193.14 with HTTP; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:23:03 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:23:03 -0700 From: "Bryan Wullner" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Rudder concern on 360 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_16485_19601715.1212945783345" ------=_Part_16485_19601715.1212945783345 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Would like opinions from the 320/360 owners. My rudder hinge installation didn't go as good as I would have liked it. I don't know exactly what happened but what I believe is that the 1/4" steel rod that is used as a jig, per plans, to align everything was not perfectly straight. Now, when my rudder is installed and swung back and forth. There is a sweet spot in the rotation. If I take the rudder and go full deflection one way or the other and release it..........it swings back to center. This would seem to prove the sweet spot is when the rudder is centered and that is because this is where it was while the hinges were curing. So the rudder likes to be resting in the centered position if no forces are on it. It still swings freely no binding or anything its just it does like to go back to center after released. Part of this could be because of the counterweight too but I definitely think there is a sweet spot in the hinges. Would like opinions on if this is going to be an issue that should be corrected or something that I shouldn't be concerned about. Bryan ------=_Part_16485_19601715.1212945783345 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Would like opinions from the 320/360 owners.

My rudder hinge installation didn't go as good as I would have liked it.   I don't know exactly what happened but what I believe is that the 1/4" steel rod that is used as a jig, per plans, to align everything was not perfectly straight. 
Now, when my rudder is installed and swung back and forth.  There is a sweet spot in the rotation.  If I take the rudder and go full deflection one way or the other and release it..........it swings back to center.  This would seem to prove the sweet spot is when the rudder is centered and that is because this is where it was while the hinges were curing.  So the rudder likes to be resting in the centered position if no forces are on it.  It still swings freely no binding or anything its just it does like to go back to center after released. Part of this could be because of the counterweight too but I definitely think there is a sweet spot in the hinges.

Would like opinions on if this is going to be an issue that should be corrected or something that I shouldn't be concerned about.

Bryan
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